Similarity (Formation)

Across

1. In some cases, partners have to modify their attitudes so they become more similar. (-------- ---------) (8, 9)

4. Married couples with similar personalities tend to be happier than couples with less similar personalities. Who found this? (5, 3, 8)

8. This only deals with personality and attitude similarities, a narrow view of factors important in relationship formation. Who points this out? (7)

9. Who suggested that dissimilarity was the more important factor in determining whether a relationship will develop? (Dissimilarity repulsion hypothesis) (9)

Down

2. Who did a study in the USA, establishing participants were first attracted to each other due to similarity of attitudes but, as they got to know each other better, the discovery of more dissimilarities caused them to be less attracted to each other? (8)

3. People first sort potential partners for ------------- and avoid people whose personality or attitudes appear too different from their own. (13)

5. 56 students were used to test the importance of similarity & reciprocal attraction in liking. They were given a description of a stranger with varying degrees of similarities to them & a statement of whether they liked them or not. Who did this? (4, 3, 5)

6. We assume that people similar to us will be more likely to ---- us. (4)

7. When other people share our attitudes and beliefs, it tends to -------- them, which we find rewarding. (8)

10. Once people have filtered out those who are too different from themselves, they're most likely to choose someone who is ------- to themselves. (7)